Gen Three- Chapter Three

The wind whistled a rolling song along the side of the house as the tree branches bounced and waved while the first few fall leaves scraped the ground as they were pushed along. Wanting to look outside to enjoy the afternoon weather, I turned my head. That was the completely wrong thing for me to do. I barely moved a few muscles, but my whole body silently screamed at me with its unending prickling soreness. Moving was too much of a privilege for it to handle. Sighing, I returned to my book only to be interrupted by a knock on the door several seconds later.

     "Come in!"

Gen Three- Chapter Two

Several days past the time where I had had to wear black again, I found myself standing in the graveyard feeling little better than I did when dad had been forced to turn that first day of school into a miserable one. It was even worse for Merlot, who, about two weeks past that day now, still had to use crutches to get around. His ankle was almost healed, but there remained some lingering pain. However, I barely heard a complaint about it come out of his mouth. I wondered if he wanted to whine more, but kept his mouth shut because of the different kind of pain all the rest of us were feeling.

     "I'm sorry about your uncle." Timber said to me kindly.

He had spoken that to me many times since the news came out. That afternoon had been difficult for him in his own way. Not having a connection Uncle Eden, he had just had to stand by and watch us suffer instead.

Summary of Families for CMW Gen Three

So, there's a lot of new kids and faces for Gen Three, huh? Last generation I did a post with pictures, but there's simply so many Sims this time around that I honestly just couldn't be bothered. The summary below should help make more sense of who's who and who belongs to who. I'll be writing a few little tidbits of information that won't really make it into the story as well. There will be some slight spoilers for characters who have not been introduced yet, but the information revealed is nothing major. In addition, here's a link to the Family Echo family tree that I've created.

Gen Three- Chapter One

My mouth twitched with a smile as I watched Apple stretch tremendously this way and that. The biggest sigh of relief escaped her lips, and I swore she was trying to break her face in two with how greatly she yawned.

     "Thank goodness this day is over! I didn't think I was going to make it." she expressed when her grandiose movements ceased.

     "Apple, it's only been the first day of school. We didn't do anything but go over the syllabus in each class. Our homework is to bring in a box of tissues and have our parents sign their approval for the books on this year's reading list." I pointed out.

     "I know. That's why this day was terrible," Apple whined, "I hate boring stuff like that. If I have to spend all day inside, at least give a proper class. Why teach us how to read if they're just going to read at us the stuff we can look at ourselves? People aren't going to pay attention to it either way."

     "What's a syllabus?" a third voice chimed into the conversation.

Gen Three- Prologue

I learned what true heartbreak was at a very young age.

Three to be specific. Three years and a month to the day to be exact. The day was May 23rd- a Saturday. It had been a fun one for me. Every so often Uncle Eden and I got to spend some time together by ourselves without my sisters or his children or grandchildren around. We'd gone to the festival at the park where we rode on rides, watched a magician on stage, and ate a bunch of tasty food. That was when I asked if we could go to the beach to play on the boardwalk like I often did with my dad, but Uncle Eden said we had to visit the hospital first.

Short Story Ideas

So, with about six days to go until Color My World's return, there were a few more things I wanted to say before it begins. The main item on my agenda to mention is that I will still be doing NaNoWriMo during November like years past. Like previously, I'll be putting the main chapters on break during that month so I can focus on that project instead. I've been hard at work though prepping content, so unlike last year where I fell a bit short on getting out short stories I already have two done and scheduled to post. I've also found that the short stories are quite refreshing. With it being my intention to keep far ahead in terms of creating chapters, I would also like to keep up with the short stories after November ends. I'd like to do at least one per month, perhaps more depending on how it all goes. I have a good number of my own ideas for them, and there were several suggested in the questionnaire I posted after Generation Two ended. I thought I'd give this opportunity for you guys to suggest any more ideas you have for what you want to see, although you're welcome to always request them at any time really. These were the ones suggested last time:

     -Seeing Doodle with the toddlers

     -Seeing more of the Gen One and Gen Two kids as toddlers or children

     -Amaranth, Eden, and Blaze dealing with the main conflict at the end of Gen One

     -More color swaps and colorful children

These are the ones out so far to give you a general sense if needed of how I do them:

     Short Story #1

     Short Story #2

     Short Story #3 (Part One) (Part Two) (Part Three)

To Confirm It

Just thought I'd write this quickly to let you know I'm confirming Color My World's return for October 6th! I've got the prologue and two chapters done already, and I've got the pictures for a short story taken as well. Hope you're looking forward to it :)